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EAP1190/1/7/3
- Record Id:
- 040-004403617
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004402810
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100173882393.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP1190/1/7/3
- Title:
- Boyden Plate Box 7: Scenes from Western Cape, and a girl in a garden
- Scope & Content:
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Written in faded pencil on the plate box in which the images were found is "Cape +" and "[Offens]". Several images show outdoor scenes around Cape Town, South Africa. The remainder are of a female child in a garden. All photos are undated. Based on the pencilled note on the box, the girl may be a relation of B.F. Offen, who was employed in the workshops of the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope. All the images are undated.
n/a.
Extent: 15 glass plates.
Size and dimensions of original material: Height 8.2cm, width 10.7cm, thickness 0.3cm.
Condition of original material: Stable.
Author(s)/Creator(s): English.
Scribe(s): Latin.
Publisher(s): Left-to-Right.
Editor(s): Unrestricted.
Volume number: N/a.
Original institution reference: PLB07.
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Boyden Observatory Archive
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-004402810
036-004403599
040-004403617 - Is part of:
- EAP1190/1 : Endangered Records in the Boyden Observatory Archive
EAP1190/1/7 : Photographic Plates
EAP1190/1/7/3 : Boyden Plate Box 7: Scenes from Western Cape, and a girl in a garden - Contains:
- EAP1190/1/7/3/1 : Slangkop Lighthouse, Kommetjie, South Africa
EAP1190/1/7/3/2 : Portrait of a little girl with a toy bear.
EAP1190/1/7/3/3 : St James seen from Boyes Drive, Cape Town, South Africa
EAP1190/1/7/3/4 : Chapman's Peak, Cape Town, South Africa
EAP1190/1/7/3/5 : Kommetjie, looking north from the M65.
EAP1190/1/7/3/6 : Portrait of a little girl sitting on a chair.
EAP1190/1/7/3/7 : Portrait of a little girl sitting on a chair.
EAP1190/1/7/3/8 : Portrait of a little girl sitting on a chair.
EAP1190/1/7/3/9 : People by the road-side.
EAP1190/1/7/3/10 : People by the road-side.
EAP1190/1/7/3/11 : Two people standing next to a road
EAP1190/1/7/3/12 : Table Mountain and upper cable station
EAP1190/1/7/3/13 : Girl in oriental dress posing in a garden
EAP1190/1/7/3/14 : Girl in oriental dress posing in a garden
EAP1190/1/7/3/15 : Girl in oriental dress posing in a garden
Click here to View / search full list of parts of EAP1190/1/7/3 - Hierarchy:
- 032-004402810[0007]/036-004403599[0003]/040-004403617
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP1190/1
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 15
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP1190-1-7-3
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not Applicable
- Start Date:
- 1891
- End Date:
- 1994
- Date Range:
- 1891-1994
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- CC BY-NC
- Former External References:
- PLB07
- Information About Copies:
- Digital copies are also held by: Centre for Astronomical Heritage (CfAH)
- Information About Originals:
- The original material is located in Boyden Observatory, Bloemfontein, South Africa
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)